These revelatory films feature Britten with his favored English Chamber Orchestra performing at two very different times of his life, with equal value. Filmed at Christmas 1964, the main program of Mozart's Symphony No.40 and Britten's own Nocturne shows a man in his prime. The Mozart was a particular favorite of Britten's and his admiration for it certainly comes across in the performance.

Antoni Wit conducts the Warsaw Philharmonic and National Orchestra & Choir of Poland with tenor Rafal Bartminski and pianist Jan Krzysztof in 2009.

The Borodin Quartet performs works by Schubert and Brahms.

Erich Leinsdorf conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in works by Mahler and Strauss.

Classical Music

The world premiere of John Tavernier's Fall and Resurrection, filmed in London's St. Paul's Cathedral. This performance was dedicated to and performed in the presence of Charles, Prince of Wales.

Joaquin Achucarro performs with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis. Extras include documentary footage about Achucarro's 50th anniversary of his debut with the London Symphony featuring interviews.

Using water as a musical instrument, this extraordinary piece uses innovative techniques to explore the musicality of the sounds of water. Soloist David Cossin displays remarkable genius as he deftly creates unique, sensuous, organic, and sometimes distinctive accompaniment of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, reflecting his personal combination of Chinese and Western musical tradition.

Celibidache conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Teatro della RAI in Turin in 1969.

Sergiu Celibidache conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI in Symphonies by Mozart and Schubert in this rare footage recorded for TV.

A landmark Mozart recording in which Cecilia Batoli, in sensational form, joins Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wein for a concert performance recorded in Graz, Austria.

Gunter Wand conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Diana Jaworska brings us Frederic Chopin's 24 Preludes on this new release. Now living in France, Jaworska was born in Poland in 1968 and has worked her way into the Classical music world with her eloquent musicality.

Kurt Sanderling conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with Carolyn Watkinson and John Mitchinson in works by Schumann and Mahler.

In August of 2015, Andris Nelsons conducted the Lucerne Festival Orchestra for the third time.; The last time the orchestra had played Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 was in the summer of 2004 under their founder, Claudio Abbado. Nelson’s interpretation is different, but no less inspiring, with its fiery passion.; Baritone Matthias Goerne’s smooth, warm voice is perfect for capturing the somber mood of this music, which begins with a funeral march.; Truly, this live recording brilliantly captures the relationship and trust between ensemble and conductor.

This music is more serious and more significant than one had thought, the Berliner Zeitung summarized in it's review of Daniel Barenboim's celebrated Bruckner cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Bruckner's unfinished Symphony No. 9 brought to an end, in a poignant manner, the work of one of the greatest symphonic composers of the Classic-Romantic era. Once more the essential elements of Bruckner's symphonic style are present; the technical standard, the intensity of sound, and the enormous richness of expression are in this singular work brought to an unsurpassed niveau.

Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony was the last the Austrian composer completed. + Many of his contemporaries regarded the symphony as “the pinnacle of 19th c. music”. + Even today, this monumental work fascinates listeners with its virtuoso orchestral technique, immensity of sound and its inexhaustible richness of detail. + “Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. + The flexibility of Barenboim’s tempi meant that Bruckner’s charm – an often overlooked aspect of his genius – shone through, especially in the genial Trio.” (The Telegraph)

The New York Philharmonic - America's preeminent symphony orchestra gave 'A Concert for New York' to mark the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11. What work could be better suited to the occasion than Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony with it's 'evocation of every aspect of life' and 'it's profound sense of hope', as the Philharmonic's Music Director Alan Gilbert put it? This concert became an unforgettable event, a 'consistently impressive' performance with 'gripping playing', 'magnificent' soloists and an 'excellent' chorus (New York Times).

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To mark the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth, two leading Russian pianists tackle the great Romantic composer’s two piano concertos: Evgeny Kissin plays the F minor Concerto op. 21, a key work in Chopin’s output, while Nikolai Demidenko performs the E minor Concerto op. 11, a virtuoso display vehicle of the first rank. They are accompanied by the Warsaw Philharmonic under the direction of Antoni Wit. Enthusiastically acclaimed by the audience at Warsaw’s Philharmonic Hall on 27 February 2010, this memorable concert has been captured in first-class sound and picture quality.

Recorded live at the Filharmonia Narodowa, Warsaw, 26-27 February 2010.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 97 mins
No. of Discs: 1

Both Bruckner's belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim's interpretation... without betraying Bruckner's unerring sense of striking proportions.

Lucerne Festival Opera: Brahms, Featuring: Brahms, Johannes Brahms, Nelsons, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Michael Beyer. Andris Nelsons conducts the Lucerne Festival Opera in this performance of Brahms' works, recorded in August 2014. For the first time, the festival would take place without the incomparable Claudio Abbado, with the young Latvian Andris Nelsons leading the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Nelsons had already won the trust and respect of both listeners and performers in a moving memorial concert for Abbado in Lucerne. He is known internationally as one of the most gifted conductors of his generation. Now he was poised to lead the prestigious festival into a new era he brilliantly mastered this "greatest challenge" (as he himself called it) of his career. The audience and the musicians responded with heartfelt gratitude. "He is aware of every single player and carries us on an unbelievable wave of enthusiasm", according to concertmaster Sebastian Breuninger. Solo violist Wolfram Christ adds, "Nelsons accepts what is inherent in our orchestra and what comes from Abbado; he builds on it and makes it into something new." The works featured are: 'Serenade No. 2 in A Major', 'Alto Rhapsody' and 'Symphony No. 2 in D Major'. Recorded live at the Concer Hall of KKL Luzern 15-16, August 2014. Subtitled: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean.

Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the world’s great contemporary composers and a Polish classical music icon. His 80th birthday in November 2013 occasioned an extraordinary gathering of the world's most significant musicians and his most important interpreters. Companions and long-time friends of the composer presented their homage to Penderecki with some of his most famous works being performed: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, the Duo Concertante, the Concerto Grosso No. 1 and the unique Credo.

• Third release in this projected complete Bruckner symphony cycle, and the first of Mr. Barenboim's Bruckner cycles released exclusively to video. • Daniel Barenboim is the General Music Director of the Staatskapelle Berlin (since 1992) and its “Conductor for life” (since 2000). • Highly accomplished and lauded conductor/pianist in the Classical and Romantic repertoire. • The Staatskapelle Berlin's modern history dates back to the 1840's. • Available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats."

Unlike any other composer Giuseppe Verdi illuminates the great emotions and opulent melodies of the Italian opera. Created exclusively for the occasion of the celebrated composer's 200th birthday, Beijing's most important opera house, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, presents an exceptional gala: Viva Verdi. It features stars from the opera world such as Dilb�r or Roberto Scandiuzzi as they perform the best moments from Verdi's operas and his Messa da Requiem in a visually stunning production by director Hugo de Ana. As the moderator of Viva Verdi actor Zhang Guoli sheds more light on the composer behind the brilliant music. An international festival for opera fans, which once again gives emphasis to the reputation of the National Centre for the Performing Arts as "the most prestigious venue of it's kind in China"

Bruckner’s famous “Romantic” Symphony No. 4 forms the prelude to a spectacular DVD series from Accentus Music and Unitel Classica, exploring Bruckner’s symphonic cosmos. Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 20 June 2010, Der Tagesspiegel describes Barenboim’s Bruckner as ‘… conceived and performed very theatrically, like an opera without words.”